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Film| Batman | |
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| Directed by | Leslie H. Martinson |
| Written by | Lorenzo Semple Jr. (screen writer) Bob Kane (comic book) |
| Produced by | William Dozier |
| Starring | Adam West Burt Ward Lee Meriwether Cesar Romero Burgess Meredith Frank Gorshin |
| Running time | 105 min. |
| Budget | $1,377,800 |
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Batman was the first full-length theatrical adaptation of the DC Comics character. It was later to acquire the video-box title Batman: The Movie. The 20th Century Fox release starred Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin. Filmed at the end of season one of the ABC primetime Batman TV series of the 1960s (between April 25 and May 31, 1966 at an estimated $1,377,800), it featured four main criminals from the show, including The Joker, The Riddler, The Penguin, and Catwoman. It was directed by Leslie H. Martinson, who won a Golden Gryphon for his efforts.
The 105-minute Batman opened at The Paramount Theater in Austin, Texas on Saturday, July 30, 1966 (between the first and second seasons of the TV series. Like the television series, the movie featured saturated colours, campy dialogue and special effects, and over-exaggeration in acting performances, effectively being a tongue-in-cheek parody. It performed poorly at the box office and and is despised by fans of the "darker", more serious incarnations of Batman.
Plot summary
When Batman (West) and Robin (Ward) get a tip that Commodore Schmidlapp is in danger aboard his yacht, they launch a rescue mission. After a tangle with an exploding shark, Batman and Robin head back to Commissioner Gordon's office where, by case of deduction and wisdom, they figure out that that the tip was a set-up by four of the most powerful villains ever, who seek to defeat the Dynamic Duo once and for all. Armed with a dehydrator that can turn humans into dust, and a Navy surplus submarine, the fearsome foursome intends to take over the world!
Cast
- Adam West - Batman/Bruce Wayne
- Burt Ward - Robin/Dick Grayson
- Cesar Romero - The Joker
- Frank Gorshin - The Riddler
- Burgess Meredith - The Penguin
- Lee Meriwether - Catwoman/Miss Kitka
- Alan Napier - Alfred
- Neil Hamilton - Commissioner Gordon
- Stafford Repp - Chief O'Hara
- Madge Blake - Aunt Harriet
- Reginald Denny - Commodore Schmidlapp
- Milton Frome - Admiral Schmidlapp
- Gil Perkins - Bluebeard
- Dick Crockett - Morgan
- George Sawaya - Quetch
Credits
- A William Dozier Production
- Music by Nelson Riddle
- Associate Producer Charles B. FitzSimons
- Director of Photography: Howard Schwartz, A.S.C.
- Art Directors: Jack Martin Smith, Serge Krizman
- Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Chester L. Bayhi
- Unit Production Manager: Sam Strangis
- Assistant Directors: William Derwin, David Whorf
- Film Editor: Harry Gerstad, A.C.E.
- Special Photographic Effects: L.B. Abbott
- Sound: Roy Meadows, Harry M. Leonard
- Makeup by Ben Nye, Bryce Hutchinson
- Hair Styles Supervised by Margaret Donovan
- Batman Theme by Neal Hefti
- Orchestration by Gil Grau
- Second Unit Director: Ray Kellogg
- Second Unit Photography: Jack Marta
- Aerial Photography: Nelson Tyler
- Batboat: Glastron
- Main Title by Richard Kuhn and National Screen Service
- Color by DeLuxe
- Written by Lorenzo Semple Jr. - Based upoon the characters created by Bob Kane
appearing in Batman and Detective Comics Magazine published by National Periodical Publications, Inc.
- Produced by William Dozier
- Directed by Leslie H. Martinson